Remarks and an Exchange With Reporters Prior to Departure for Miami, Florida

Q. How's the TikTok deal, sir?

Q. Mr. President——

The President. Well, thank you very much. We're going to see the big golf tournament at Doral. I'm speaking tonight for a charity, and then we'll be coming back here pretty quickly. But they're having a big event. A lot of charitable causes are involved.

So we look forward to that. It's in Miami, at Doral.

[At this point, several reporters began asking questions at once.]

Stock Market Volatility/Tariffs/National Economy

Q. President Trump, the markets—the markets today are way down—the worst day in years—because of the tariffs. So how's it going?

The President. I think it's going very well. It was an operation, like when a patient gets operated on. And it's a big thing. I said this would exactly be the way it is. We have $6- or $7 trillion coming into our country, and we've never seen anything like it.

The markets are going to boom. The stock is going to boom. The country is going to boom. And the rest of the world wants to see is there any way they can make a deal.

They've taken advantage of us for many, many years. For many years, we've been at the wrong side of the ball. And I'll tell you what, I think it's going to be unbelievable.

The thing that people have to talk about: We're up almost to $7 trillion of investment coming into our county, and you'll see how it's going to turn out. Our country is going to boom.